Sunday, May 28, 2017

BY STEADFAST LOVE AND FAITHFULNESS INIQUITY IS ATONED FOR, and by the fear of the Lord one turns away from evil.

When a man's ways please the Lord, he makes even his enemies to be at peace with him.

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This is a wonderful proverb of hope.

I've had a busy week mostly away from my computer.

In addition during one of the numerous thunderstorms that rolled through Middle Tennessee this week with lots of thunder and lightning, a power surge went through my computer and wiped it completely out. So, tomorrow I begin the process of replacing it and getting it back online. Thank goodness for my phone!

Saturday, May 20, 2017

GOOD FRIENDS SENT ME THIS TODAY AND I HAVE TO WONDER WHEN ARE WE AS A COUNTRY GOING TO START DRAWING SOME HARD LINES? What's next, abolishing history? Literature? Where does this nonsense end?

TO THE EDITOR
Re. Editorial, Tuesday, May 9, “Monuments to White Supremacy.” In the Middle East Isis destroys priceless monuments built by those who did not share their ideology. In New Orleans ideologues remove aesthetically superb monuments depicting historical figures who, in their day, differed with current political orthodoxy. Similar intolerance informs both movements to put out of sight anything that challenges these people’s beliefs. So it is also on college campuses where speakers not in favor with some students are denied a platform or shouted down.We live in a time of intolerance and suppression of opposing viewpoints. But I was surprised and alarmed that The New York Times editorial page would support this movement to silence opposing views by removal of monuments depicting Confederate figures.The Civil War happened. It shaped our history. It was fought by two sides, both fighting honorably for their regional points of view. Is one side now to be demonized while the other is exalted? What next?After New Orleans do we strip Monument Avenue in Richmond of some of the finest statuary in the country because it depicts Confederate leaders? And do we then pull down all statues of Washington, Jefferson, Madison and Jackson, slave owners all?The ludicrous spectacle of a great nation dropping a large portion of its history down what Orwell in “1984” called the "memory hole” is deeply disturbing. It is a failure of the spirit of democracy when, instead of public debate of issues, one side is forcefully suppressed.It is a tendency the Times should not be supporting.

Friday, May 19, 2017

THIS SHOULD BE DAMN FUN. What a hoot....Keith epitomizes Red Neck American at it's best...Trump loves this kinda of thing. It takes a lotta nerve for Trump to take Keith deep into Sunni country. But it's the perfect antedote to a week of whining and crying big crocodile tears from the left. Liberals are fast becoming the biggest bores and tantrum babies in the history of the world. Bring it on, Toby.

DURING AN INTERVIEW ON FOX NEWS about the firing of FBI Director James Comey,
Senator Ran Paul (R-Ky.) said there is "no evidence" the Trump campaign
colluded with the Russians, no accusation of any crime involved, and
that the story is "built upon a huge myth."

“It’s sour grapes over the election," said Paul on Fox & Friends
on Wednesday. "The whole Russia thing I think has been propagated by
people who are upset they lost the election. ... I don’t think there’s
been any facts presented that anybody broke the law."

Senator Paul added it is hypocitical for Democrats to criticize Comey's
removal when Democratic leaders wanted him fired many months ago.

During the interview, co-host Brian Kilmeade said, “It didn’t take
long before everyone was saying he [James Comey] got fired because he
was getting too close to proving Russian collusion. What have you heard,
even among Democrats – I saw Maxine Waters yesterday say she has no
evidence of that [collusion]. What about that leap

Senator Paul
replied, “Not only is there no evidence that the Trump administration or
campaign was connected to Russia or committed any crime -- no evidence
at all of committing a crime – there’s not even an accusation that I
know of, of what crime would potentially be committed."

“So all
this breathless talk about people, there’s a lot of hypocrisy going on,"
he said. "Many of these Democrats, including Chuck Schumer, said they
lost confidence in Comey a long time ago. Hillary Clinton’s been blaming
Comey."
Democrats to criticize Comey's removal when
Democratic leaders wanted him fired many months ago.
"They should be thanking President Trump for getting rid of Comey
because he politicized something that may well have had something to do
with Hillary Clinton’s [election] loss," said Senator Paul.

"So, I
think it’s a lot of crocodile tears and a lot of people saying, you
know, they were for getting rid of Comey too but now they’re going to
say it’s all about this Russia investigation, which hasn’t produced one
iota of evidence that anybody did anything wrong or broke the law," said
the senator.

Co-host Ainsley Earhardt then asked, “The senators
and congressmen that we have been interviewing this morning all say the
same thing, there’s no there there. Why, when you talk to Democrats, do
they still believe that there’s collusion?”

Senator
Paul said, “It’s sour grapes over the election. The whole Russia thing I
think has been propagated by people who are upset they lost the
election. They’ve sunk their teeth into something where they think
they’ll eventually find something."

"But everything is built upon a huge myth, as far as I’m concerned," said Paul.
"I
don’t think there’s been any facts presented that anybody broke the
law," he said. "And yet this goes on and on, the clamor now for a
special prosecutor and all of this, a special investigation. No, I don’t
think there’s any evidence that anybody broke the law.”

AFTER WATCHING SARAH HUCKABEE SANDERS, DEPUTY WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY, LAST NIGHT BRIEFLY ON FOX, then again as she presided at the WH briefing today with a mostly angry and irrational WH press on former FBI Chief Comey's firing yesterday, I have nothing but rave reviews for her. At 34, she's well-informed, smart, poised, succinct and seems able to handle a press pool of reporters who would love to pull her into a morass of slime and irrationality from which she could never get out of. It's shark infested waters... No such luck. She kept law and order in the room and was able to flow from question to question effortlessly without getting bogged down or losing her cool.

Good for her. Sarah comes by some of her instincts naturally as the daughter of former Arkansas governor and presidential candidate Mike Huckabee, She's married to a man she met during her fathers failed 2012 presidential campaign---Bryan Sanders. They have three children.

I predict, she's a rising star in Trump's administration and beyond. I look forward to seeing more of her in the days to come.

Tuesday, May 9, 2017

IT'S CLEAR THAT THE NEW DEPUTY ATTORNEY GENERAL, ROD ROSENSTEIN, MADE THE DECISION TO FIRE FBI DIRECTOR JAMES COMEY. Trump accepted his recommendation. Evidently, Rosenstein is extremely well-thought of by his colleagues on both the right and left. He is a new Trump appointee:

Trump nominated Rosenstein — who is described as a nonpartisan straight shooter who has worked for both Democratic and Republican presidents — for the position in January, before his would-be boss was embroiled in any Russian-related controversy.

MORE

Before arriving at the Justice Department, Rosenstein, 52, was the U.S. attorney for the District of Maryland. He has worked for the U.S. Attorney's Office and the
Department of Justice for 26 years, according to the Department of Justice website.
He was unanimously confirmed as U.S. attorney in 2005 after being
appointed by President George W. Bush, and was then retained by
President Barack Obama. Rosenstein is the only U.S. attorney appointed
by a previous administration to last all eight years of the Obama
administration, according to the New York Times.

A graduate from Harvard Law School — where he
edited the Harvard Law Review — Rosenstein started his career with the
Department of Justice in 1990. He then served as counsel to Deputy
Attorney General Philip B. Heymann in President Bill Clinton's first
term.... Read the rest
There will be howling on all sides. It's alleged that this is an example of Trump's fascism and a coup is underway.... This will be blown to smithereens by the Dems. Nonetheless, it's clear that Comey had become too much the issue in the various investigations he oversaw.

Sunday, May 7, 2017

THIS IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL STORIES OF THE BOOK OF JOHN. Jesus so often shows himself to the poor, marginalized and rejected of this world. In other words, he shows himself to the most obvious sinners, though most people hide their sinful natures behind all manner of facades. This is only one of many examples in the New Testament.

What Jesus is telling this woman at the well, among other things is that a person can now worship God anywhere, anytime in Spirit without going to the Temple in Jerusalem or a synagogue.
Here's another version from John 4: 1-42:

Monday, May 1, 2017

FOR WHATEVER REASON LAST NIGHT, I HAD VERY SLOW CONNECTIVITY, and couldn't finish writing the text for these outfits. Here are the ones I like best: most of them classic and elegant ball gowns worn with great hair and the perfect amount of jewelry---never too much. In the case of the couples, several like Gisele and Tom and Blake and Ryan looked good and well-coordinated, almost too well-coordinated---I did not like Ryan's cutsie blue tux tie that matched his wife's peacock train. However suited Jennifer and A-Rod seem to be, I did not like her tent-like cape at all. I also did not like Megyn's dress or hair. The young Jenner group and friends looked like hot messes and total exhibitionists. And I won't even mention Katy P's pathetic attempt to be.... what? unique? attention-getting?

BTW, Laura Dern, below, is a great looking middle aged woman; however, the squashed, high bosom look is out....but she hasn't yet received the memo.

About Me

I'm a southern Christian conservative with a degree in civil & environmental engineering and a passion for the truth of God's Word, writing, hiking, investing, fly fishing, cooking and the great outdoors. My favorite tech invention = spellcheck. There are no such things as rights without responsibility, a free lunch, cheap grace, man-made climate change, successful government engineering, or figuring out when life begins. We're hurling towards the abyss with only One Life-Line: it's not botox, a "living" Constitution, celebrity president, or making nice with Iran. Meanwhile, God gave us His Word, His Son, Grace Upon Grace, family/friends and the greatest country in the world to live--if we can keep it. E-mail: webutante07 at gmail dot com. Thanks for coming by.

O beautiful for heroes proved In liberating strife, Who more than self their country loved And mercy more than life! America! America! May God thy gold refine, Till all success be nobleness, And every gain divine!